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Militants in Donbas are trying to redraw the line of contact, which they determined with Russia in September 2014. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt wrote this on his Twitter page. “Today’s NSDC map shows the spike in violence as separatists seek to redraw the line they and Russia signed on September 19,” the ambassador...

Checkpoints in the parts of the Donbas conflict zone may temporarily be closed, if necessary, to ensure the safety of citizens. Anti-terrorist operation press officer Andriy Lysenko reported the news at a briefing in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “If these checkpoints obtain information about...

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman has said that the text of the adopted state budget for 2015 is fully consistent with all the transcripts. He said this at a press briefing on Monday, responding to reporters’ questions about the investigation of the situation with the adoption of the state budget, an Ukrinform...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law extending the term of the moratorium on the sale of dormitories until October 1, 2019, the presidential press service has reported. “This is determined in law of Ukraine No. 68-VII on the introduction of amendments to Paragraph 3, Section VIII ‘Final Provisions’ of the law of...

Last week alone the number of units of terrorist groups and Russian servicemen has for the first time exceeded the number of Ukrainian servicemen fighting in the area of the anti-terrorist operation. People’s Front faction deputy Serhiy Pashynsky said this at a meeting of the parliament’s conciliatory council on Monday, an Ukrinform...

Two Ukrainian servicemen have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas over the past 24 hours. Anti-terrorist operation spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Monday. “None of the Ukrainian servicemen have been killed over the past 24 hours. Two military have been injured,” he...

Interpol has placed fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and a number of other former Ukrainian officials on the international wanted list. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov reported this on his Facebook page. “Those placed on the international wanted list of Interpol (red notice –...

The European Parliament will hold a plenary debate and adopt a resolution on the situation in Ukraine this week. This issue is on the agenda of the plenary session of the EU legislative body, which is held on January 12-15 in Strasbourg, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. In the Wednesday afternoon, the deputies together with the EU High...

A private Kyiv house of fugitive ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in the expensive villa neighborhood built on the Dnipro river embankment received a new owner last autumn. The new owner’s name is Arthur Khachaturovich Rostomyan, Nashi Groshi [our money] news site reports according to records supplied by the state register office...

The mission of the International Monetary Fund {IMF) is expected to work in Kyiv until January 29, the National Bank of Ukraine has reported on its official Facebook page. “It is expected that the IMF mission will work in Kyiv until January 29,” reads the statement. As reported, the third stage of the work of the mission of the IMF...